The Altai-Sayan Ecoregion

Stretching across Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China, the Altai-Sayan ecoregion is one of the last remaining untouched areas of the world. PA4LP is making sure that it remains this way.

Governments have made significant progress in meeting CBD targets on Protected Areas (PAs) thanks to strong partnerships between the United Nations Development Programme, Oxfam, GTZ together with local communities, businesses and WWF PA4LP. Here are a few highlights:

Enhanced protection - 313,000 ha of protected areas established, committment to 10.8 million hectares of new protected areas in the next 10 years.

29 new PAs have been approved for establishment by 2020 by the Russian Ministry for Natural Resource and the Environment.

Sailyugemsky National Park (118,000 ha), on the border between Russia and Mongolia, was established in February 2010.

3 Mongolia PAs covering a total area of 638,510 ha were official gazetted. Additionally, A local level PA covering 70,000 ha has been established in Achit Lake Depression.

Transboundary cooperation - Joint management, research and monitoring systems established for PAs.